This is just grand! Maybe we should have more open primaries where people who are committed Republicans, and have no intention of voting for us in the General Election, are helping to pick our nominee.
From the Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/...
Feb. 25, 2008, 11:48PM
In Democratic primary, expect a GOP turnout
Perhaps fueled by Clinton dislike, many Republicans to vote for Obama
By BENNETT ROTH
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
BASTROP — At John's barber and styling shop in the historic downtown of this conservative community southeast of Austin, politics is clearly in the air these days.
What has particularly struck stylist Pete Campos is how many of his Republican customers are talking about voting for Barack Obama in the March 4 Democratic presidential primary, motivated more, he surmised, by a strong dislike of Hillary Clinton than a strong attachment to Obama.
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Even though polls show that Clinton would be a weaker candidate against McCain than would Obama, experts say Republicans, who have long expressed a visceral distaste for Bill and Hillary Clinton, want to prevent her from being on the ballot in November.
"The argument I've seen is, 'Let's get rid of Clinton once and for all,' " said Ralph Bordie, who conducts the IVR Poll in Texas.
Bordie's latest statewide poll released last week found that 15 percent of Texas Republicans who said they will support the GOP nominee in November plan nonetheless on voting for Obama next week.
Even if you support Obama this time around, do you have any problem with this? Do you want Republicans voting against the candidate you support next time because they think that's what serves their party best?